Stovepipe-cleaner



S. ZAVE.

STOVEPIPE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.1|1919.`

1,362 ,660. Patented Deo. 21, 1920.

S Zwi/ef Z am? lit U Titi STANLY. ZAVE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STOVEPIPE-CLEANER.

|Application filed December 1, 1919.

To QZZ 'zo/wm t mag/concern:

Be it known that I, .STANLY ZAVE, a citizen of Lithuania, and a residentof Chicago, in 'the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful limprovements in StoVepipe-Clcaners, of which thefollowing, when taken in connection with the drawing iaccompanying andforming a part hereof, is a specification.

T his invention -relatcs to a device by means of which the horizontalportion of a stove pipe may -be cleaned.

Among the objects of the vinvention are to obtain an inexpensive meansof keeping the horizontal portion of a stove pipe, in the home or`factory, cleaned of soot and ashes. A fiirther object is to obtainadevice which will at all times be in position and condition for use. Afurther object is to obtain a de- Vice of the kind named which when notin use, is not particularly noticeable; a device which is easilyoperated, not liable to break or get out of order, .and comprising fewparts.

In the drawing referred to Figure 1 is a Vertical section of a shortsection of horizontal stove pipe, showing a Cleaner and well therefor,and also showing a`portion of a Vertical section, partly in section.

. Fig. 2 is a 'bottom plan View, lookingnp-l Ward, of the horizontalsection of said plpe;

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` Fi, 3 is a sectional view, online 3-3 of Fig'. 1, Viewed in thedirection indicated by the arrows.

` A reference Character applied to designate a given part indicates saidpart through,- out theseveral iigures of the drawing, wher- `ever thesame appears.

A represents a section-of :t wall, provided with stove pipe aperture o.B represents a. horizontal section of a stove pipe; and may be of anylength, it being understood that the drawing is not made to a Scale. Z)represents Vertical section of a stove pipe. C represents an elbow tothe stove pipe illustrated. Horizontal section B, elhow C and the upperpart of section b, are shown in lon- ;zitudinal section in Fig. l. -Drepresents a depending pipe communicahle with ho'rizontalsection B, andis of su'hstantially the same diameter as said section. rl reprcsentsthe curved under side of the joining of pipe D and section B. E8, Figs.l and'l) represent a slide positionet -in the horizontal secl tion B,and adapted to be moved fromthe' Specfication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

Serial No. 341,821.

position thereof which is illustrated by full lines in Fig. 1, to theposition which is indicated by broken lines in said figure, to .closecommunication of said pipe D with said section, when the brush,hereinafter described, is not contained therein, and to partially closesaid communication when said brush is contained in said pipe or well.Said slide E is manualiy operable by handle F, and to permit themovementof said slide and handle the pipe B is provided withl slot G inwhich the center rod f of said handle F is slidably movable. When slideEe is in the position indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, part e ofsaid slide covers slot G. H represents a cap which is arranged to closethe lower end of pipe D. I represents a cylindrical brush having thecentral portion or body part the ends "'hereof are designated bycharacters J, and J1. To end J. of said brush I attach cord K which iscoiled in cap H when said device is not in use; and to theend J1 Iattach arm K1. -70 represents a cord, one end whereof is attached to armK1 and the other end to handle 71:1. L represents a plate which isprovided with aperture Z registeri'ng with a corresponding apcrture in`Vertical section b,

the brush is drawn from pipe D into and along the horizontal section B,moving over 'the slide Ee and through said section' VV hen said brush Ihas been drawn the entire length of horizontal section B, therebybrushing soot and ashes contained in said section into the Verticalsection 7) of the stoVe pipe,said brush is returned to its initialposition in pipe D by means of the cord K.

The above operation is repeated until said horizont'al section B iscleaned, and thereupon 'word K iscoiled in cap H, and said cap replacedon pipe l), to close the lower end thereof. Slide E8 is then moved, bymeans of handle F to the position indicated 'by broken lines in Fig. 1,to prevent the accurnulation of soot and ashes in said pipe D.

I claim:

.In combination, a vcylindrical stovc pipe provided with a slot, acylindrical Well comj munic ating with said pipe, of substantially thesame cross section and having an opening in the bottom thereof, a curvedmember joining one side jof said well and the under side of said pipeand adjaeent to said slot, a bijush adapted to contact with the Walls ofsaid pipe and Well, a member in said pipe arranged to coversaid slot andadapted to be moved to obstruct communication between said Well and pipewhen said brush' 1s re- I w 3 moved from said'well, a Curved 'arm Unsald taehed to said brush 'on the end opposite said firm, adapted topass through the 'bottom'l opening in said well. i

STANLY ZAVE.

In the presenee of- KASIMIR P. GUGIO, CHARLES TURNER Bnown.

